Gardening implement.



J. S. BURNING GARDENING IMPLEMENT.

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Patented May 11, 1909.

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GARDENING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

npplicationfiled June 4, 1908. Serial No. 436,630.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn S. DURNING, a citizen of the United States, residingat Avalon, in the county of Allegheny and State of less efiort than is required with gardening tools of the present well-known construction.

Another object of my invention, is to ada t my improvementfor attachment to imp ements of well-known type at present on the market.

' Other and further objects will appear in the following specification and be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The drawing is a view in perspective of a spading fork provided with my improvement in the form of an attachment therefor.

In the preferred embodiment of my inven tion which is illustrated in the drawing, a swinging attachment for spading forks and other implements of a similar nature, is provided. This attachment which is adapted to be connected with the spa'ding fork in the manner shown in the figure, is preferably constructed in one piece from some stiff metal, and comprises a flat body portion 1 1 provided below with a broad flat foot 2 bent at right angles thereto, and above, with the rojecting ears 3 and 4 bent circularly to form a bearing for swingingly mounting. the pttfichment on the cross-rib 5 of the'spading or r ' In the use of an implement provided with I my improvement, the device enables the Ina-C nipulator to secure better leverage and greater ease in attacking his work; it also furnishes him with additional means for forcing the implement down into the earth as well as an ellicient means for steadying the same when forcing the dirt or weeds upwardly. Thus when the implement is being forced downwardly into the earth, the L- .shaped support provides a ready purchase for the foot intermediate between the ground and the cross-rib of the fork. The tool having been forced down into the soil until the broad flat foot 2 rests upon the ground, the handle is forced downwardly and the fork end raised during which movement, the fork is pivotally supported on a fulcrum above the ground, the turning axis being approximately coincident with the axis of the crossrib of the fork.

My improved attachment is preferably made of malleable cast iron properly hardened or of any suitable cast metal of sufficient rigidity. 'It is readily attached to and detached from the implement whenever desire While I have shown and described a certain preferable construction for embodying my invention, it is evident that many slight changesmight be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, the following is what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A sheet metal attachment for spading forks consisting of a rectangular sheet of metal having one edge thereof bent at right angles to form a broad flat foot for resting upon the ground and having a rectangular portion intermediate to the ends cut from theo posite edge thereof, the projecting strips eft by said cut-out portion being circularly bent to form ears for engaging the cross-rib of the fork.

2. A sheet metal attachment for forks consisting of an integral sheet bent at right angles alongoneedgeand having projecting ears of less width than the distance between adjacent tines of the fork, said ears being circularly bent to attach said attachment swingingly to the cross-rib of the-fork.

3. A swinging fulcrum for gardening forks consisting of an integral sheet metal body having one edge bent at right angles and the other edge provided with circularly bent ears for engaging the cross-rib of the fork.

4. The combinationwith a gardening implement, of a depending foot of approximately uniform thickness throughout, said foot being bent at right angles along one edge,

said bent portion being the Widest part of the the implement above the ground and means 10 foot but of less Width than the Width of the for swingingly mounting the foot on said imhead of the implement. pleinent.

5. The combination with a garden imple- The foregoing specification signed at Allement; of a depending foot of uniform thiokgheny, Penna, this 22nd day of May, 1908. ness and having its greatest Width less than JOSEPH S. BURNING. the Width of the head of the implement, said In presence of two witnesses: foot having its Widest portion bent at right G. W. H. CANDLEss, angles to form a broad surface for supporting Tnno. SCHLEID. 

